Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs National Popular Vote Act
Conservative opponents will begin gathering signatures to ask voters to overturn it
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/03/15/jared-polis-national-popular-vote-colorado/
Col. Jill Morgenthaler, Iraq vet, onetime Dem candidate, dies on scuba trip
Jill Morgenthaler, a retired Army colonel who was Illinois’ homeland security chief under former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and a 2008 Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, died on a scuba trip Saturday in the Dominican Republic.
Ms. Morgenthaler, 64, who was awarded the Bronze Star for leadership in Iraq and assigned to U.N. peacekeeping forces in Bosnia, also was a popular speaker.
She was “a true American hero who touched thousands of women through her leadership book” “The Courage to Take Command,” her brother Jeffrey Morgenthaler wrote on Facebook.
Ms. Morgenthaler was in the Dominican Republic to celebrate the birthday of her husband, Kerry Chambers, according to her friend Maureen Cunningham, who described her as a master diver.
“She had finished the scuba dive, and she was on the boat, and she said she didn’t feel well, and she fainted,” Cunningham said. “They could not resuscitate her.”
Ms. Morgenthaler had had a pulmonary embolism about 15 years ago, according to her daughter Jamie. “We suspect that may be what happened while she was diving,” she said.
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/jill-morgenthaler-obituary-army-colonel-iraq-illinois-homeland-security-rod-blagojevich-peter-roskam/